"The Backup"
By Anonymous
We’re down 10 points in the High School State Championship at Arrowhead Stadium, it has been a really tough game and we are in the last quarter. Our starting quarterback calls the cadence “Set... HIKE!” he scrambles out of the pocket and looks for his receivers, they were all covered. He takes off, after getting 5 yards “CRACK!” he was laid out by their safety and struggled to stand up, they have to take him out of the game. Coach looked to me, the backup quarterback. “Go do something special.“ he said to me. “ Yes Sir,” I responded as I put my helmet on. He told me the play, “Strong Right All Go’s T swing. Look DEEP!” I ran out onto the field. “Set... HIKE” I said nervously. Everything was in slow motion, as I stepped back I looked deep, Xavier was wide open, I wound up and threw it with everything I had, and he pulled it in to get the touchdown. We kicked the PAT and were down 3. There was 2 minutes left and they had the ball on the 40 yard line. If they get a first down they win. They run the ball once... 2 yards. They run it again... 1 yard, One more run for 2 yards. It is now 4th and 5 with 30 seconds left. They hike the ball, the quarterback drops back to pass, he throws it to my guy. He catches it. As soon as he turns towards me, “BANG!” I hit him with everything I had... The ball came out. I grabbed the ball and started running to the end zone. I was at the 20 and looked up at the time 5...4...3...2...1.. the time was running out. I have to score on this return, I was running for my life. I sprint in to the end zone to win us the game. I won MVP, but more importantly we were State Champions!